The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index closed Friday at 58.09, rising well above general market indexes.
Among the largest companies in the index by weighting, Thomson Reuters and SEI Investments saw significant share prices increases, rising 14.53% and 15.64% to 1,537p and $15.82 respectively.
The price of Thomson Reuters UK common stock (which is used for the index calculation) is expected to rise due to anticipated depreciation of the pound against the dollar in the next 6-12 months.
The Innovation Group, the UK provider of insurance outsourcing services and software, saw the index's biggest rise last week after it reported it had knocked back a private equity offer that valued the company at £130 million. After trading as high as 6.93 on Wednesday, it closed Friday up 42.86% on the previous week at 5.50p.
Other companies to see significant rise include:
Losers
GlobeOp was again the index's biggest faller, closing the week down 23.83% to 44.75p, despite reporting that it expects record revenues, adjusted operating profit and net income for full year 2008. Its shares are being hard hit by the industry's pessimistic view of the hedge fund sector, most recently dirven to the fore by the Madoff scandal.
Bravura fell 21.74% to A$0.18 in a week that saw it close its acquisition of Citi's Warsaw-based transfer agency software platform for consideration of $21m. The acquisition is expected to be earnings-per-share accretive in fiscal 2009 and beyond.
Linedata Services fell 4.93% to EUR4.16 after announcing plans to accelerate its cost-efficiency drive by consolidating its North American offices from four to two and reducing group headcount by 5%. Costs associates with this mean it will miss its profit targets for 2008.
Other companies to see significant falls include:
Index comparison
Methodology
More information on the Finextra50 Financial Technology Index methodology and constituent stocks can be found here.
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